Ingenious Adults= by Charles Nicolai and Janine Mosley
Children's lives are increasingly filled with screen time rather than real time with nature, caring adults, the arts, and hands-on work and play. (Childhood, 2004) Time every day for child-initiated play. For young
children, make-believe play is particularly important,
starting around age two or three, when children
begin to try on all the aspects of life they
experience. Through play they get to know themselves
and the world around them. Before this their
play is more physical, but also very important, as
they explore their fingers and toes and the physical
objects around them. In grade school, imaginative
play advances to acting out original dramas and building forts and club houses (Tech Tonic, 74).
In middle and high school, the imaginative spirit of play, if kept alive,
can grow into more mature forms of intellectual and artistic creativity (Tech Tonic, 74).
A well-developed imagination
enhances all forms of thinking, from philosophy
and history to science and mathematics, as well as in the arts (Tech Tonic, 74).
They argue
that young children learn best—and are most likely
to thrive in every other way as well—when they
are allowed to explore the world in a multi-faceted, playful way (Tech Tonic, 75).
References
Childhood, A. f. (2004). Tech Tonic: Towards a New Literacy of Technology. College Park: Alliance for Childhood.
Creative Children
Ingenious Adults= by Charles Nicolai and Janine MosleyChildren's lives are increasingly filled with screen time rather than real time with nature, caring adults, the arts, and hands-on work and play. (Childhood, 2004)
Time every day for child-initiated play. For young
children, make-believe play is particularly important,
starting around age two or three, when children
begin to try on all the aspects of life they
experience. Through play they get to know themselves
and the world around them. Before this their
play is more physical, but also very important, as
they explore their fingers and toes and the physical
objects around them. In grade school, imaginative
play advances to acting out original dramas and
building forts and club houses (Tech Tonic, 74).
In middle and high school, the imaginative spirit of play, if kept alive,
can grow into more mature forms of intellectual
and artistic creativity (Tech Tonic, 74).
A well-developed imagination
enhances all forms of thinking, from philosophy
and history to science and mathematics, as
well as in the arts (Tech Tonic, 74).
They argue
that young children learn best—and are most likely
to thrive in every other way as well—when they
are allowed to explore the world in a multi-faceted,
playful way (Tech Tonic, 75).
References
Childhood, A. f. (2004). Tech Tonic: Towards a New Literacy of Technology. College Park: Alliance for Childhood.